+ mm-memfd_luo-remove-unnecessary-memset-in-zero-size-memfd-path.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/memfd_luo: remove unnecessary memset in zero-size memfd path
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-memfd_luo-remove-unnecessary-memset-in-zero-size-memfd-path.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-memfd_luo-remove-unnecessary-memset-in-zero-size-memfd-path.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-new branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Chenghao Duan <duanchenghao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: mm/memfd_luo: remove unnecessary memset in zero-size memfd path
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:07:46 +0800

The memset(kho_vmalloc, 0, sizeof(*kho_vmalloc)) call in the zero-size
file handling path is unnecessary because the allocation of the ser
structure already uses the __GFP_ZERO flag, ensuring the memory is already
zero-initialized.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260323110747.193569-4-duanchenghao@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: Chenghao Duan <duanchenghao@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Haoran Jiang <jianghaoran@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/memfd_luo.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/memfd_luo.c~mm-memfd_luo-remove-unnecessary-memset-in-zero-size-memfd-path
+++ a/mm/memfd_luo.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ static int memfd_luo_preserve_folios(str
 	if (!size) {
 		*nr_foliosp = 0;
 		*out_folios_ser = NULL;
-		memset(kho_vmalloc, 0, sizeof(*kho_vmalloc));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from duanchenghao@kylinos.cn are

mm-memfd-use-folio_nr_pages-for-shmem-inode-accounting.patch
mm-memfd_luo-optimize-shmem_recalc_inode-calls-in-retrieve-path.patch
mm-memfd_luo-remove-unnecessary-memset-in-zero-size-memfd-path.patch
mm-memfd_luo-use-i_size_write-to-set-inode-size-during-retrieve.patch